2012 Suzuki Burgman 400 ABS - Found her NEW on the floor at a local dealership. It is a blast to ride and very easy to handle. I need to remember that left hand is not clutch! I kept applying the rear brake thinking to up/down shift.

2 miles on the odometer. =)

I never bought a bike from a dealership before. So it was an interesting experience, but it was pretty painless. Shipping/freight & service charges were expensive as expected. =(

Sunday, November 16, 2014

It was Sunday PM. I'm riding my Goldwing through a nice TEXAS two lane highway. I come up to two Harleys going about 5 miles below speed limit. I didn't want to be rude, so I decided to ride behind them. This went on for about 5 miles.
We come up to a pick up truck, which was driving even slower than those Harleys. Those HD boys don't want to pass this truck. I tried to be patient and follow them. This goes on for another 5 miles or so.

I'm getting a bit impatient. About at this time, the leader of those two, finally decides to pass the truck at a nice stretch. No car is coming on the opposite lane. I'm thinking "It's clear boys. Let me see how fast your HDs can go!" It would have been a EASY pass for all three of us.

All three of us are on the opposite lane in the passing action. Next moment, the leader pass the truck completely and moves to the right lane. I expect the second guy and me to follow him.

All of the sudden, the leader puts on the left turn signal to go into a bar on the left, making a sudden left turn. The pick up truck brakes. The 2nd Harley guy almost run into this dude turning in front of him. I am trying not to run into this 2nd Harley guy.

Lessons learned: Don't follow strangers on bikes. Don't expect people to be a smart rider/driver. Expect people to pull stupid stunts.

Sunday, November 09, 2014

I was going to change the oil soon after my summer Georgia trip, but things got crazy... The manual states to change oil every 5,000 miles. So I am still within the rage.

Again, I am using the Chevron Delo oil, as it did great since the last change. This cuts my oil cost in 1/2, not bad. I still have a bunch of Honda oil filter that I inherited. So no cost there either.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

While my wife was driving the Camry, the check engine light came on. My wife told me that car was shaking. So we had it towed to our nearby service station. They ran the engine code and they found that some of the cylinders were miss firing. They changed the spark plugs and spark plug wires.

It ran okay for one day then the check light came back on again and the engine started to misfire. So I change the ignition coils with Denso coils. We've got it running good now.